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EASTHAMPTON — Holyoke Street (Route 141) paving will take place Thursday and Friday from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m.The northbound lane on Holyoke Street, coming from Mountain Road, will be closed, with a detour onto East Street and Clark Street, according to...

By MADDIE FABIAN

EASTHAMPTON — Growing up during the violent and corrupt patriarchal regime known as “Trujillato” in the Dominican Republic, the late Elena María Candelario Cáceres was forced to flee to the United States at 22 years old with just $40 to her...

By MICKEY RATHBUN

When I wrote a death notice in this column a few months ago for my three Little King river birches I was feeling pretty miserable. These nice young trees were forming the architectural spine of an evolving garden behind the house that had been a...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — This weekend, Northampton’s Main Street is looking to get metaphysical.Spill the Tea Sis, which runs two storefronts at 177 and 183 Main St., will host a weekendlong celebration, starting Friday with a one-year anniversary party...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — Board members, volunteers and staff at the Treehouse Foundation have been walking with swagger in recent weeks thanks to significant statewide recognition for its intergenerational community in Easthampton Meadows.Not long after the...

By JAMES PENTLAND NORTHAMPTON — Heeding a call to return to the elementary school they left seven years ago, some 40 graduating high school seniors shared in the annual Jackson Street School graduate assembly Thursday afternoon.Hosted by the...

By STEVE PFARRER

NORTHAMPTON — With summer almost upon us, the city is opening stages and streets for a wide range of free music at a number of downtown locations.Starting this week, free concerts will be held in the Masonic Street parking lot annex near the Iconica...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The city is looking for residents to weigh in on how to improve vehicle and pedestrian safety around the Pleasant Street mills district. In an effort to help establish a vision for the future of the district, a community meeting will be...

By STEVE PFARRER

EDITOR’S NOTE: Bill Frisell’s performance at The Drake, May 27 at 8 p.m., is sold out.Calling all Deadheads: If you’re a longtime fan of Jerry Garcia, Bob Weir, and the other players who once made The Grateful Dead one of the original jam bands, you...

By ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

NORTHAMPTON — Property magnate Eric Suher has until the end of September to either reopen five downtown entertainment venues or transfer their liquor licenses to a third party before the city revokes the licenses, according to an agreement he reached...

By EMILY THURLOW

SOUTHAMPTON — Spanning a section of the Manhan River, the East Street bridge connects Route 10 in downtown Southampton to the border of Holyoke. For more than 90 years, the overpass, which was rebuilt last year, has been referred to by the name of the...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — The Tree House Brewing Co. has won approval from the town to triple its occupancy for outdoor concerts and other special events to 1,500 people. The brewery, located off Routes 5 and 10, has 10 concerts tentatively scheduled for this...

By CHRIS LARABEE

DEERFIELD — While showing initial support on April 5, the Select Board continued a hearing on increasing Tree House Brewing Co.’s occupancy limit to this Tuesday as members review the details of the proposed plans.After operating for more than a year...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — In what may be another indication that the region is approaching the “green ceiling” of retail marijuana sales, Pleasantrees closed its Easthampton dispensary at the end of January and is trying sell its Amherst store near the UMass...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — In the next decade, city residents will be walking, biking and driving through a completely overhauled version of Main Street.But before that happens, city officials are seeking the public’s input to inform the reimagining of one of...

By Alexander MacDougall

NORTHAMPTON — At Jackson Street Elementary School, fourth grade students huddle in groups as they put together presentations based on various topic words: diversity, intergenerational, loving engagement, to name a few. Annalia Palladino, 9, works with...

By JOSHUA ROSE

’Tis the season of mistletoe, sort of. Mistletoe is evergreen, meaning it’s present year-round. However, winter is the season when we think about mistletoe most often.In the southeastern U.S., where I am writing this piece, mistletoe is hidden among...

By BILL DANIELSON

In keeping with my New Years resolution to focus some more attention on the plants that live around us I decided to look for a list that I was convinced must exist somewhere. You see, I am a compulsive list-maker. The blood of a scientist runs through...

By STEVE PFARRER

In late 2020, Valley music fans were disheartened to hear that Gateway City Arts, the multi-arts venue in Holyoke, was shutting it doors because of lost business during the first year of the pandemic.But the outlook brightened in April 2021, when...

By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — The Cottage Street Cultural District was awarded a $15,000 investment grant through the Massachusetts Cultural Council, one of 50 state-designated cultural districts statewide to receive a total of $750,000 in grants. “A decade ago, our...